Baby sharks bred at luxury Dubai hotel’s aquarium released into Persian Gulf

A stingray being transferred to the Persian Gulf waters as part of a conservation project by the Atlantis Hotel at the Jebel Ali Wildlife Sanctuary in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Kamran Jebreili/AP)

A team of conservationists at Dubai’s luxury Atlantis Hotel are releasing baby sharks bred in the aquarium into the open sea.

As part of an effort to contribute to the conservation of native marine species in the Persian Gulf, the specialists breed and set free honeycomb stingray and brown Arabian carpet sharks.